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Brooks County hires its own county attorney for opioid suit, law prohibits paying fees to salaried officers

By David Yates | Wednesday, May 29, 2019 @ 12:49pm

SOUTH TEXAS – David Garcia, the county attorney for Brooks County, signed a contingency fee agreement with his employer to represent the county in an opioid lawsuit – a relationship that seemingly comes into conflict with the Texas Local Government Code.
Records show all-out, unsolicited attorney scramble to sign up Texas counties for opioid litigation

By David Yates | Thursday, Mar 29, 2018 @ 10:56am

BEAUMONT – A new lawyer feeding frenzy has swept through Texas – a rush to push counties onboard the opioid litigation train before the state can pull into the station.